ADVOCACY
What
The Opportunity America Jobs and Careers Coalition is a Washington-based business coalition focused on career education and workforce development.
Who
Members include employers and employer associations from a broad range of industries experiencing skills mismatches and worker shortages – IT, manufacturing, construction and hospitality, among others.
Goals
- Shine new light on the need for workforce training
- Drive a skills agenda on Capitol Hill
- Highlight successful state initiatives
- Change national perceptions of technical careers and career training
WIOA
Employer-sponsored training
Registered apprenticeship
Workforce Pell
IPEDS
Post-pandemic recovery
Employer-driven apprenticeship
HEA reauthorization
Perkins reauthorization
JOBS for Success Act
A Better Way task force
Testimony, events
Testimony US House Committee on Education and the Workforce, 5-9-18
Senate briefing Employer perspective on CTE, 2-10-16
Roundtable Employer engagement in CTE, 10-20-15
Congressional field hearing 10-24-14
Capitol Hill policy dinners